Without a better plan, New Zealand risks sleepwalking into a biodiversity extinction crisis
- Written by: Matthew Hall, Senior Researcher, Environmental Law Initiative and Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Getty Images Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand is in serious trouble. With many of our species and habitats at risk of disappearing forever, the government’s 2020 biodiversity strategy sets the scene in stark terms:
Despite all that we are doing to try to protect and restore habitats and assist species, Papaptūānuku and Aotearoa New...